Information Technology
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Authors criticize agency's e-book deal with AmazonJul 25, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A literary agency's decision to publish e-editions of "Lolita," ''Invisible Man" and other classics and sell them exclusively through Amazon.com received a m...
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UAE: BlackBerry, smartphones are security threatJul 25, 2010 11:00 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Emirati officials have declared BlackBerry smartphones a potential threat to national security because users' data is stored overseas, whe...
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Disney said to be in talks to buy Facebook games maker PlaydomJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Walt Disney Co. is in talks to buy Playdom Inc., maker of video games played on the Facebook social-networking website, according to a person with knowledge of the negot...
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Phone group sues San Francisco over radiation lawJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The wireless industry sued the city of San Francisco on Friday to stop a law that requires cell phone stores to post how much radio energy each model emits....
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Verizon's buyout of 11,000 workers weighs on marginsJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Communications Inc. on Friday said it lost $198 million in the second quarter due to a buyout for 11,000 workers. Excluding the severance costs and o...
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Amazon 2Q profit jumps 45 pct; misses Wall StreetJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its second-quarter net income jumped, bolstered by shoppers who spent more with the online retailer even as consumer...
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App helps San Fran police track stolen iPhone fastJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- A man accused of swiping an Apple iPhone out of a woman's hand in San Francisco may have been shocked when police found him only nine minutes later. It...
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Amazon snags exclusive deal for e-editionsJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Amazon.com Inc. says it has struck a deal that will give it exclusive rights to sell some of the great works of 20th century literature in electronic form. An...
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Facebook 'quite sure' it didn't sign ownership pact, CEO saysJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Facebook Inc., facing a lawsuit from a New York man claiming an agreement entitles him to 84 percent of the company, is "quite sure" it never signed such a contract, Chi...
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Nokia second quarter profit falls 40 percent to $290 millionJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - HELSINKI -- Nokia Corp. said Thursday that second-quarter net profit fell 40 percent to 227 million euros ($290 million) as the world's largest mobile phone maker lost m...